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In one still, Knightley’s Anna looks distressed as she makes her way through the snow in an extravagant off-the-shoulder burgandy gown.

Love affair: The actress appears in a clinch with Aaron Johnson's character as Jude Law who acts as her husband stands off to the side

In a composited image, she stands on a
set which featuring tables and chairs tossed into a pile on the floor, a
chandelier hanging overhead.

Law – who plays her husband – and her lover Vronsky (Aaron Johnson), stand on either side of her in the background while a snow-covered image shows a steam train approaching from behind.

In a second advert for the film, described as an epic story of love, Knightley is captured in a clinch with Johnson, leaning into his chest and gazing into his eyes.

Another hit? The drama with Count Vronsky is due for release in November

Kelly Macdonald’s character Dolly appears on the side with her own partner while Law stands defiantly alone.

While it is a look film fans have seen Knightley in plenty of times, it is somewhat a step out of the ordinary for heartthrobs Law and Johnson.

According to screenplay writer Tom Stoppard, the idea of the film was ‘to deal seriously with the subject of love’.

Exploring various kinds of loving, from adulterous infatuation to marital contentment, he told The Guardian about Keira’s controversial character in his adaptation of Leo Tolsty’s novel set in 1870s St Petersburg.

He said: ‘Russian society was not exactly a hotbed of chastity. Anna comes to grief because she has fallen in love for the first time.’

Novel adaptation: Actor Jude Law appears like we've never seen him before